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          <h1>Hiding Items</h1>
          <p align="center"><a href="#hidden">HIDDEN Items</a> | <a href="#inactive">INACTIVE
            Items</a> | <a href="#inprocess">IN PROCESS items</a></p>
          <p>Items can have a status of ACTIVE, INACTIVE, HIDDEN, or IN PROCESS.
            If an item is ACTIVE, it is visible to the students and can be used
            by them. If the status is INACTIVE, HIDDEN, or IN PROCESS, the students
            cannot view the material. These three statuses are used for the following
            purposes:</p>
          <h3><a name="hidden"></a>HIDDEN </h3>
          <p>You can &quot;hide&quot; items from student view and have them automatically
            appear to the whole class on a given date. For example, if you had
            a number of take-home tests for the class and only wanted the students
            to have access to them during the week the material was going to
            be covered in class, you could upload all of the tests at once and
            set dates for each one to appear to the students. You can also hide
            readings or labs until the week they will be covered in class if
            you do not want students to work ahead. By default, all items have
            an Activation Date of the first day of the semester.</p>
          <p>To hide an item:</p>
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            <li>From the <span class="strong">Manage Classes</span> tab, click on &quot;Edit an Existing Class&quot;</li>
            <li>This will take you to the &quot;Edit Class&quot; screen, where you will
              see a list of all your reserve items. Click on &quot;edit&quot; next to the
              item you wish to hide. </li>
            <li>Enter the date you want the item to appear to students in the
              &quot;Activation Date&quot; fields in the format mm/dd/yyyy. This date must
              fall during the current semester.</li>
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          <h3><a name="inactive"></a>INACTIVE</h3>
          <p>Set an item's status to INACTIVE when you want to hide an item from
            the class and do not want it to become visible automatically on a
            given date. This can be useful in a number of circumstances where
            you may not want students to access the material but don't want to
            go to the trouble of removing it from the class and having to add
            it again the next time you want to use it.</p>
          <p>To set an item to INACTIVE:</p>
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            <li>From the<span class="strong"> Manage Classes</span> tab, click on &quot;Edit an Existing Class&quot;</li>
            <li>Check the box or boxes next to the item or items you wish to
              set to INACTIVE. </li>
            <li>Scroll down to the bottom of the reserve list to the drop-down
              menu that says &quot;For all Selected Items:&quot;. Choose &quot;Set all Selected
              to INACTIVE&quot; from this menu and click &quot;Submit&quot;</li>
            <li>To reverse the process and set the items to ACTIVE, repeat steps
              1-3, but choose &quot;Set all Selected to ACTIVE from the drop-down
              menu</li>
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          <h3><a name="inprocess"></a>IN PROCESS</h3>
          <p>The status of IN PROCESS shows next to physical items that you have
            requested to be placed at the Reserves Desk for your library. This
            status indicates that Reserves staff are in the process of retrieving
            the item. As soon as it is available for students to check out, the
            status will change to ACTIVE. If you have questions about the availability
            of a physical item you have requested, please contact your Reserves
            Desk.</p>
          <p>For more on requesting physical items, <a href="../addReserve/search.html">click
            here</a>.</p>
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